1. Synthesis of Potassium‐Modified Graphene and Its Application in Nitrite‐Selective Sensing
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Li, Xiao‐Rong, Kong, Fen‐Ying, Liu, Jing, Liang, Tong‐Ming, Xu, Jing‐Juan, and Chen, Hong‐Yuan
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Chemical modification with foreign atoms is a leading strategy to intrinsically modify the properties of host materials. Among them, potassium (K) modification plays a critical role in adjusting the electronic properties of carbon materials. Graphene, a true 2D carbon material, has shown fascinating applications in electrochemical sensing and biosensing. In this work, a facile and mild strategy to K‐modifying in graphene at room‐temperature is reported for the first time. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectra, and cyclic voltammetry are used to characterize this K‐modified graphene. The K‐modified graphene is capable of acting as an electron transfer medium and more efficiently promotes charge transfer than unmodified graphene. A highly sensitive and stable amperometric sensor based on its excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of NO2−is proposed. The sensor shows a linear range from 0.5 μMto 7.8 mMwith a detection limit of 0.2 μMat a signal‐to‐noise ratio of 3. The modified electrode has excellent analytical performance and can be successfully applied in the determination of NO2−released from liver cancer and leukemia cells and shows good application potential in biological systems.
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- 2012
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